Foreigners march to police station to lodge complain, instead get hauled up by Immigration Dept
More than 170 Bangladeshis who walked together on a road near the entrance of Teluk Ramunia Bayu Damai, in Kota Tinggi, Johor on Dec 20 had grabbed the attention of the public.
The group, walking in a single file on the road shoulder, was caught on a video posted by a social media user who questioned the public’s safety due to their presence.
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The group, walking in a single file on the road shoulder, was caught on a video posted by a social media user who questioned the public’s safety due to their presence.
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00:00 More than 170 Bangladeshis who walked together on a road near the entrance of Teluk Ramunia
00:08 Bayu Damai in Kota Tinggi, Johor on December 20 have grabbed the attention of the public.
00:14 The group walking in a single file on the road's shoulder was caught on a video posted
00:19 by a social media user who questioned the public's safety due to their presence.
00:24 Kota Tinggi OCPD Superintendent Hussein Zamora in response said the 171 Bangladeshi men were
00:30 documented individuals who were brought into the country legally for work.
00:35 However, he said it has been more than three months since their agent provided them with
00:40 any work.
00:41 He added the Bangladesh nationals then decided to walk to the Bayu Damai police station,
00:46 about 10km away from their accommodation, to lodge a police report.
00:50 It is learned that the foreigners did not manage to lodge a police report as police
00:54 found out that the agent had yet to find suitable employment for them.
00:59 In a twist of events, he said a police report was made by the army against the foreigners
01:04 on the same day.
01:05 The foreigners, aged 19 to 43 years old, have been detained by the Immigration Department
01:11 for investigations.
01:12 For more information visit www.fema.gov.uk/covid19/bd/covid19/bd/covid19.html.